The attack on our CDC Patriots last month didn't elicit the same emotional response. Indeed, it didn't elicit any response at all from the President or Secretary of Health and Human Services

It's 1913 and they are bragging about the dashing cavalrymen on the fastest horses and with the sharpest sabers.

Re-upping

Russia's hybrid attacks on NATO would seem the obvious test case for this fearsome new strategic doctrine.

The Ukrainian military—the toughest, most experienced, most adaptable, most successful on the modern battlefield—is beardy old men, women, artists, gamers who can’t deadlift sh*t but can fly a drone into a Russian helicopter rotor Focusing on capabilities, not “looks,” is how you achieve victory

The moral damage to our nation is incalculable. And unless our court system is similarly broken taxpayers will be on the hook not only for this misuse of law enforcement time, but also the enormous law suits that will follow.

If there were any adults left in the room, I would think their top concern would be keeping him away from saying anything under oath. Number two would be not having him stand up and do the "weave" in front of a gathering of military officers that just cost the taxpayers millions of dollars...

All the extraordinary information resources at his beck-and-call and he still relies on television snippets to decide whether to override the constitution...

The DOGE-decimated National Weather Service is requiring staff to work overtime and weekends. Meanwhile, we learned this week that acting FEMA administrator, David Richardson, goes off line on nights and weekends. I'm all for work-life balance, but this seems like a recipe for very bad things...

Pretty impressive. Earlier this week the Trump administration guaranteed there would be no more reported hunger in the US, and now <poof!> the same treatment for future security threats! Gabbard Ends Intelligence Report on Future Threats to U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

I'm guessing loyalty oath time.

I don't want to go too far down the "Russia Hoax" rabbit hole, but it seems to me that if you were somehow beholden to Putin and then said something that made him mad, you might assure him "it's just a negotiating tactic," to deflect that anger... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Probably "just a negotiating tactic" www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

I said for years that the only way to permanently reduce migration to the United States was to destroy the vision that the world had of this country as the land of opportunity. That wasn't a goddam suggestion!

I don't recall JD Vance having anything to say after last month's shooting at the CDC (which included the killing of a law enforcement officer). Google can't seem to find his statement either.

JD Vance, who surely has better access to information than most anyone, already told us he believes it’s OK to make up stories (they’re eating the pets!) if it gets the media to pay the Right kind of attention.

A classic Trump move: Take the money, even when you can't deliver on the sale: "White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement. 'Tom Homan has not been involved with any contract award decisions.'" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"Confusion and Chaos" -- That's on brand. Trump’s $100,000 Visa Fee Spurs Confusion and Chaos www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...

If he were really "a national treasure" you would think it would take more than $50,000 to buy his corruption services.

Trump's foolish war on international faculty and students will undermine one of America's great areas of economic and intellectual leadership. But, let's accept that not all international recruiting is beneficial for either the US or the sending countries: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

The Trump-maligned “Shape of Power” exhibit closed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum this week. I think this exhibit of a James Baldwin quote may have particularly stung:

I also obtained a Trump administration memo stating that the cost of shutting down USAID is $6.4 billion over 2 years. That sum could save more than 1 million children's lives; instead, it is being spent to to shut down programs that save lives. Help spread the word. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

And just think about how much cheaper those rotting strawberry fields, and houses with leaking roofs are going to be now!

I suppose this is what happens when you have already moved your more competent obsequious and toady lawyers into judgeships and the Dept of Justice. Judge Dismisses Trump’s Lawsuit Against The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/b...

And maybe Johnson should remember that is what Trump called Republicans who didn’t support him!

Two adjacent WaPo articles. In 1st even some Republicans are squeamish about honoring Confederate slavers. But relevant to the 2nd story, a Pentagon spokesperson defends the Confederate honors and says: “Here at the Pentagon we honor our American history and traditions, we don’t erase it.”

He has no idea how many people live in the United States, but each and every one of his political ransom accounts is more seared in his brain than even "person, woman, man, camera TV."

Another great concept of a plan for two weeks from now... U.S. and China Agree on ‘Framework’ for TikTok Deal, Bessent Says www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

I expect Miran will strongly support Fed independence, at least until the White House tells him to do otherwise. Republicans Advance Trump’s Fed Pick Despite Ties to White House www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/b...

It surprises me that Hyundai wasn't keeping better control over these workers in their off hours when they were apparently engaged in an horrific crime spree.

But of course they did... Trump Administration Halts I.R.S. Crackdown on Major Tax Shelters www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/b...

"White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said ... “Newscum should spend more time trying to be a good Governor and less time embarrassing himself online,” she said." I'm embarrassed that my taxes pay for an official spokesperson who, following the President, resorts to middle-school name-calling.

You can't really expect them to keep track of where everyone is when they are in the middle of an important rebranding effort.

I wonder if President Dropping-Bombs-Can-Solve-Everything knows that the US dropped more than 3 times the tonnage of bombs in Vietnam than in World War II. Trump Says U.S. Military Has ‘Never Fought to Win’ Since World War II www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

J.D. Vance says every war ends with negotiation. D.J. Trump says US stopped fighting to win after WWII. Both preposterously wrong, but in the opposite directions. Trump Says U.S. Military Has ‘Never Fought to Win’ Since World War II www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

Given the prosecutorial record to date he must not have been very good at FBI informing.

"Trump Derangement Syndrome" at its worst: People who get fired from their jobs just for the purpose of embarrassing President Trump!

You've also got to adjust the job numbers by removing the people who answer "no" to the question of whether they are trustworthy.

At the very same time Congress is considering the monumental horror of the RFK jr. appointment, they'll also consider how to make it easier to get bad nominees into the government.

Timothy Snyder "On Tyranny" Lesson #17 watch out for the use of dangerous words like "terrorism":

And from today's NYT: "Crime Crackdown in D.C. Shows Trump Administration’s Uneasy Relationship With Guns" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...

Photo passed along from a federal employee from inside the Dept of Labor building, where a giant Orwellian image of Trump's face is now draped outside. Big Brother is watching.

Ending the long-standing enmity between India and China! I've now lost count of how many wars and pre-wars Trump has been responsible for resolving. Nobel Committee take note! Smiles and Clasped Hands as Xi, Putin and Modi Try to Signal Unity www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...

Is cognitive dissonance dead? "Amid a Wave of Mass Shootings, Florida Cracks Down on Chalk -- An arrest in Orlando is the latest escalation in Republicans’ war on rainbow crosswalks." www.motherjones.com/politics/202... www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/s...

This is a GREAT plan for Gaza and shows the way forward for fixing Chicago as well. Just move everyone out then rebuild it, but without crime, or poverty, or long flight delays at O'Hare. It could become the Chicago of the midwest! www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

One can hope that like many of Trump’s judicial appointments his Fed appointments might have some independent commitment to truth and competence. But then there was yesterday’s Cabinet meeting. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

In the central bank’s 111-year history, no president has tried to remove a governor. As investment bank Evercore ISI said in a note to clients Tuesday: “Asset markets are not properly priced for what increasingly seems likely to be a rupture in Fed independence.” www.wsj.com/economy/cent...

OMG

Steps to authoritarianism 1 Declare Trumped-up emergency 2 In case of emergency break glass 3 Kristallnacht Trump: the line is I’m a dictator, but I stop crime. A lot of people say, if that is the case I would rather have a dictator Miller: The Democratic Party is a domestic extremist organization